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Cytotype coexistence leads to triploid hybrid production in a diploid-tetraploid contact zone of Chamerion angustifolium (Onagraceae).
American journal of botany - 1 May 2013
Sabara Holly A, Kron Paul, Husband Brian C
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Polyploids are often geographically segregated from their diploid progenitors, but the extent of sympatry and the consequences for reproductive isolation and coexistence are rarely quantified. • METHODS: In this study, we document the distribution and co-occurrence of diploid and tetraploid Chamerion angustifolium among 57 populations within the diploid-tetraploid contact zone...
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